Report NEP-SBM-2026-08-10

This is the archive for NEP-SBM, a report on new working papers in the area of Small Business Management. João Carlos Correia Leitão (Joao Carlos Correia Leitao) issued this report. It is usually issued weekly.

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• Pajarinen, Mika & Ylhäinen, Ilkka, 2026, "Acquisitions, Entrepreneurial Capital, and Firm Performance," ETLA Reports, The Research Institute of the Finnish Economy, number 179, Aug.
• Berfin Kardaslar & Alexander S. Kritikos & Lukas Menkhoff, 2026, "Personality Traits of Entrepreneurs and the Size of Their Firms," Discussion Papers of DIW Berlin, DIW Berlin, German Institute for Economic Research, number 2173.
• Dohse, Dirk & Fehrenbacher, Sophia, 2026, "Inter-firm Cooperation and Innovation - Insights from Nigeria," Open Access Publications from Kiel Institute for the World Economy, Kiel Institute for the World Economy, number 341859, DOI: 10.1007/s13132-024-02384-z.
• Jorge-Vinicio Murillo-Rojas & Jan Brinckmann & Marc van Essen, 2026, "Hatching and fledging? A meta-analysis of the performance effects of business incubators," Post-Print, HAL, number hal-05680688, Jun, DOI: 10.1002/sej.70032.
• Akcigit, Ufuk & Alp, Harun & Pearce, Jeremy & Prato, Marta, 2025, "Transformative and Subsistence Entrepreneurs: Origins and Impacts on Economic Growth," CEPR Discussion Papers, Centre for Economic Policy Research, number 20185, Apr.
• Francisco Villegas & Stefan Markovic & Cristina Sancha & Nebojsa Davcik & Piyush Sharma & Joan Llonch, 2025, "Circular Economy: The Key Link Between Learning Orientations and Competitive Advantage in Small and Medium‐Sized Enterprises," Post-Print, HAL, number hal-05652058, Sep, DOI: 10.1002/bse.70186.
• D'Alessandro, Francesco & Santarelli, Enrico & Vivarelli, Marco, 2026, "The interplay between AI and technological relatedness in shaping regional innovation in Europe," GLO Discussion Paper Series, Global Labor Organization (GLO), number 1792.
• Valentine Georget, 2026, "Toward An Integrative Framework of Corporate Entrepreneurship Forms," GREDEG Working Papers, Groupe de REcherche en Droit, Economie, Gestion (GREDEG CNRS), Université Côte d'Azur, France, number 2026-19, Jul, DOI: 10.3917/e.entre.hs5.0095.
• Asia Guerreschi & Corentin Tenailleau & Fernando J. Díaz López, 2026, "Dynamic Capabilities and Climate Resilience Innovation: An Exploratory Analysis," SEEDS Working Papers, SEEDS, Sustainability Environmental Economics and Dynamics Studies, number 1226, Aug, revised Aug 2026.
• Alice Albonico & Marco Guerzoni, 2026, "Spillovers, Innovation Difficulty, and the Dynamics of Productivity," Working Papers, University of Milano-Bicocca, Department of Economics, number 580, Aug.
• Fernández-Villaverde, Jesús & Yu, Yang & Zanetti, Francesco, 2025, "Defensive Hiring and Creative Destruction," CEPR Discussion Papers, Centre for Economic Policy Research, number 20041, Mar.
• Coelli, Federica & Pelzl, Paul, 2025, "Local Booms and Innovation," CEPR Discussion Papers, Centre for Economic Policy Research, number 20317, May.
• Schmutzler, Armin, 2025, "Providing Innovation Incentives for the Green Transition," CEPR Discussion Papers, Centre for Economic Policy Research, number 20170, Apr.
• Canzian, Giulia & Crivellaro, Elena & Duso, Tomaso & Ferrara, Antonella Rita & Sasso, Alessandro & Verzillo, Stefano, 2025, "The Impact of Financial Support to Firms During Crises: The Case of Covid Aid in the EU," CEPR Discussion Papers, Centre for Economic Policy Research, number 20172, Apr.
• Ferrando, Annalisa & Lamboglia, Sara & Rariga, Judit & Schmidt, Maurice, 2026, "Adoption and investment in AI across the euro area. Insights from harmonised firm-level data," Occasional Paper Series, European Central Bank, number 395, Jul.
• Tiago Neves Sequeira, 2026, "Directed Technical Change under Dual-Use Innovation," CeBER Working Papers, Centre for Business and Economics Research (CeBER), University of Coimbra, number 2026-06, Jul.
• Gumpert, Anna & Manova, Kalina & Rujan, Cristina & Schnitzer, Monika, 2025, "Multinational Firms and Global Innovation," CEPR Discussion Papers, Centre for Economic Policy Research, number 20045, Mar.
• Acharya, Viral & Engle, Robert & Wang, Olivier, 2025, "Strategic Commitments to Decarbonize: The Role of Large Firms, Common Ownership, and Governments," CEPR Discussion Papers, Centre for Economic Policy Research, number 20040, Mar.
• Iglesias-Osores, Sebastian, 2026, "Financiamiento público para ciencia, tecnología e innovación empresarial en el Perú
  [Public funding for science, technology and business innovation in Peru: context, mechanisms and opportunities]," MPRA Paper, University Library of Munich, Germany, number 130207, Jul.
• Schoenauer, Anne & Trompke, Tilman, 2026, "Closing the SME Emissions Data Gap," Research Report, University of Groningen, FEB Research Institute (FEBRI), number 2026001-GEM.
• Aghion, Philippe & Bergeaud, Antonin & Dewatripont, Mathias & Matt, Johannes, 2025, "Firm Dynamics and Growth with Soft Budget Constraints," CEPR Discussion Papers, Centre for Economic Policy Research, number 19996, Mar.
• Akcigit, Ufuk & Chhina, Raman & Cilasun, Seyit & Miranda, Javier & Serrano-Velarde, Nicolas, 2025, "Credit Card Entrepreneurs," CEPR Discussion Papers, Centre for Economic Policy Research, number 20130, Apr.
• Ina Ganguli & Jeffrey Lin & Vitaly Meursault & Nicholas Reynolds, 2026, "Spreading Out Across Expanding Idea Space," Working Papers, Federal Reserve Bank of Philadelphia, number 26-39, Aug, DOI: 10.21799/frbp.wp.2026.39.
• Fichter, Klaus & Neumann, Thomas & Olteanu, Yasmin & Grothey, Tim & Block, Jörn, 2026, "Green Startup Report 2026," EconStor Research Reports, ZBW - Leibniz Information Centre for Economics, number 341854, DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.18956227.
• W. Addessi & I. Etzo & A. Tidu & S. Usai, 2026, "Spatial Concentration and Productivity in the Italian Cultural and Creative Industries," Working Paper CRENoS, Centre for North South Economic Research, University of Cagliari and Sassari, Sardinia, number 202612.
• Züfle, Simon & Bickenbach, Frank, 2025, "From Myth to Reality: Making Sense of Innovation Hubs in Africa," Open Access Publications from Kiel Institute for the World Economy, Kiel Institute for the World Economy, number 341698, DOI: 10.1080/15228916.2025.2542018.
• Comin, Diego & Lashkari, Danial & Mestieri, Marti, 2025, "The Structural Transformation of Innovation," CEPR Discussion Papers, Centre for Economic Policy Research, number 20273, May.
• Krieger, Bastian & Steines, Leon & Bangert, Hendrik Hermann & Glas, Andreas & Eßig, Michael, 2026, "Does public procurement select (real) outsider innovation? The interplay between tender design and supplier experience," ZEW Discussion Papers, ZEW - Leibniz Centre for European Economic Research, number 26-029.
• Mutsamwira, Sam, 2026, "The IP Paradox for New Zealand Scientific Start-Ups: Navigating Value and Impediment in Technology Transfer," SocArXiv, Center for Open Science, number ywp2a_v1, May, DOI: 10.31219/osf.io/ywp2a_v1.
• Ideal Syka, 2026, "Firm Size and Sector Gaps in Enterprise AI Adoption: Germany and the EU-27 in 2025," i6eal Research Notes in AI Economics and Digital Policy, Syka Ventures UG (haftungsbeschränkt), i6eal, number 2026-01, Jul, revised 03 Aug 2026.
• Santosh Anagol & Shing-Yi Wang, 2026, "Do Monetary Policy Rates Reach Borrowers? Evidence from Household and Firm Loans in 96 Countries," NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc, number 35439, Jul.
• Cai, Wei & Prat, Andrea & Yu, Jiehang, 2025, "Measuring Organizational Capital," CEPR Discussion Papers, Centre for Economic Policy Research, number 20229, May.
• Liana Bomm, 2026, "Long-Term Incentive Design and Firm Performance," Working Papers Dissertations, Paderborn University, Faculty of Business Administration and Economics, number 181, Jul.